The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-12-08

For RENT.-Two nice dwellings. APP
ply to JOHN. b. WATKINS.
A pair Of we'll broke, sound young mules !,
for sale. Apply at this office
Mr.. J. A. O'Neil, just convalescent from
a protracted sickness, accomanpied by his
most excellent wife, left on Saturday for
st. Louis, where they expet to remain till
the Christmas holidays
The transactions in tobacco during tile
month OF November were the largest ever
known here in any one month since Hen
derson has been market. We are told at
the railroad Office that 1,7OO, 900 pounds
were shipped during November. Pretty
good business, that.
| Mr. Il. IL. Kicks, of Nash county, sold
! four tierces of tobacco at COOper's ware
house last Tuesday, for which he received
over 81 800. Who says Nash county and
Bob Kicks can't make fine tobacco? Mr..
! Cooper has made splendid sales for a num-
Der of other Nash county farmers lately.
There are three counties in Iowa that
raise as much corn as six of the New En-
! gland States-AShtOn Argus. But when it
! comes to raising hades after somebody else
has rasied the corn, the New Englanders
get there all the Same.-GOLD LEAF.
We are a-maised at your making an oat
Of SO small a matter they always did raise
cane down east-Che7o0G Gazette.
The GOLD LEAF is pleased to note that
work has been resumed Oh the new MethC-
dist church. The main auditorium has
never been finished and for some time the
congregation have been using the base
ment. 1t is proposed now to push the
work through to completion. The steeple
is be put up.
Mr. Swep Major has come back to Hen
dersOn after an absence of some years, and
accepted position at E. q. Davis. Mr.
Major is a popular young gentleman and
fine salesman, and Mr.. Davis is to be con-
graduated upon securing his sevices. The
GOLD LEAF together with host of friends
welcomes you back among us again, Swep.
The Wilmington Ne1os says it heard a
gentleman remark some time since that
If a merchant was too Stlngy to advertise
his business it was more than probable he
would be too Stingy to give bargains
This is the way many people look at it.
The man who does not advertise loses
something more than an opportunity to
keep his name and business before the
public.
His many friends in Henderson will be
pleased to know that Rev. j. ID. Arnold,
the popular and beloved pastor of the NJ.
E. church, has been sent back to this
charge by the Conference which was in
session in Fayetteville last week. l. vas
expected that he would be returned and
it is gratifying to know that we have not
been disappointed.
The Reidsville Weekly says An empty
house or store in live town is travesty
"a mOckery-upOn its progress and pros
perity. 1t is grim skeleton which stareS
vacantly amid the busy haunts of enter
prise oycrshadOwing with pail OF gloom
all its surroundings.
Well, there are not many empty houses
in Henderson. We have no ghosts and hob
COLLINS of dead town in our midst.
The Kate Bensberg English Opera Com
pany is the next attraction booked for Bur-
we'll Hall. Monday evening, Dec. 10th.
is the date The press and public pro-
nOunce this one of the finest combinations
of the kind on the road-vastly superior to
kelIogg's and others. Miss Bensbcrg is
said to possess a marvelously sweet and
full voice, and her company is made UP Of
people of reputation in their respective
lines. 4 rich musical treat is in store for
our citizens.
Attention is called to the communication
of "CivIs" in this issue, on the subject of
holding a Tobacco Fair in Henderson. The
GOLD LEAF is heartily in favor of the idea,
and will cheerfnlly aid in carrying the
project to successful termination. We
can get up very good exhibition of this
kind probably more readily and sue
cessfully than any other market in the
State, and we ought to do it. Let us show
what we can do in this respect. What say
our Board of Trade on the subject? Let
us hear from you, gentlemen.
We were pleased to have a call this
morning from our talented and esteemed
friend James A. Robinson, Of newspaper
fame. Soon after selling out the Winston
Leader, Mr.. Robinson accepted a position
on the editorial staff of the Charlotte daily
, Chronicle, where he has done excellent
service up to very recently. He is now as
ISOLATED in the editorial conduct of the
, Durham Recorder, and it will not be long
before that journal will feel the revivify-
Ing effects of his trenchent pen. Mr.. Rob
inson is one of the brightest newspaper
men in the State, and the Recorder is fort
innate in securing his services.
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: Do you know Davis Bros. will get you
the highest market prices, always, for your
tobacco? Try them. nov.-24-4 O.
' Will Cheatham proposes to stock his
store jam full of the handsomest holiday
goods to be found any where, and Will
> generally means what he says. A nice
line of toilet cases, fancy articles, fruits
and confectioneries. Remember Cheat
hams drug store when you want anything
g in this line. dec 8-a
OYSTER SUPPER.-The ladies of the Hen
derson Musical Association will serve {
y nice oyster supper at the Young Men!
f Christian Association hall this (Thursday)
evening, to raise money with which t.
meet the next payment due on their piano
> there will be some music during the even
ing and pleasant time generally is prom
ised, while the price of admission will b.
only FIVE cents. 1t is hoped that the public
will turn out to aid this worthy public Ell
= terprise. Supper will begin to be served
at clock.
( BAPTIST SUNDAY-SCHOOL.-Th Baptis
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